Christian Lindner

FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Scholz is vowing that his coalition government will quickly resolve a dispute over child benefits that has marred attempts to put months of damaging public infighting behind it. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Germany’s Scholz vows a quick resolution to his coalition government’s latest standoff

German Chancellor OIaf Scholz is vowing that his coalition government will quickly resolve a dispute over child benefits that has marred attempts to put months of damaging public infighting behind it.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, listens during an event in front of the 'Hoegh Esperanza' Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) during the opening of the LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)

Scholz inaugurates 1st liquefied gas terminal in Germany

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German FinMin pitches $10B tax cuts to ease inflation pain

Christian Lindner , Federal Minister of Finance, gives a statement on the excess profits tax at the Ministry of Finance. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)

German minister rejects calls to tax growing oil profits

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, right, welcomes U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, front left, for a G7 Finance Ministers Meeting at the federal guest house Petersberg, near Bonn, Germany, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

G7 countries to provide $19.8 billion in aid to Ukraine

Hendrik Wuest, the former NRW Minister President and CDU top candidate for the state election in North Rhine-Westphalia, speaks in a TV studio in the state parliament on the evening of the state election in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Voters backed the incumbent conservative governor and dealt a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats on Sunday in Germany’s most populous state, projections based on partial counts showed. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Blow for Scholz as conservatives win key German state vote

Voters in Germany have backed the incumbent conservative governor and dealt a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats in the country’s most populous state.

A gas station is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Germany's finance minister proposed a “crisis discount” Monday to dampen the impact of recent fuel price hikes due to the war in Ukraine. The fuel subsidy proposed by Finance Minister Christian Lindner could see gas prices cut by more than 0.2 euros ($0.2) per liter, German media reported. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)

German finance chief wants measures to curb fuel price hike

Germany’s finance minister has proposed a “crisis discount” to dampen the impact of recent fuel price hikes due to the war in Ukraine

FILE - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner addresses the media during a press conference after a meeting of the stability council in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. The German government on Monday approved 60 billion euros ($68 billion) in funding to be used for combating climate change and modernizing the country, a move that the new finance minister described as a “booster” for Europe's biggest economy. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Germany approves billions for climate, modernization fund

The German government has approved 60 billion euros in funding to be used for combating climate change and modernizing the country.

Christian Lindner, the leader of Germany's pro-business Free Democrats, addresses a convention of the party before it decides whether to approve a deal to form a new government with two center-left parties, in Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. The new coalition government under Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholz is expected to take office on Wednesday. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

2nd party approves deal for Scholz’s new German government

Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats have approved a deal to form a new government with two center-left parties.

Christian Lindner, parliamentary group leader and party leader of the FDP, comes to a joint meeting of the FDP federal executive and the newly elected members of the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. They will discuss the start of coalition negotiations with the SPD and the Greens. Earlier, the party executive committee had already met. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

Pro-business party OKs formal talks on new German government

Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats on Monday became the last of three parties to back the start of formal coalition talks on forming a new government.